Ways of Seeing: Oil paintings, images, and power

You’ll never see either art of advertising in the same way after watching this remarkable and more relevant than ever 1972 BBC documentary Ways of Seeing by the remarkable John Berger.

Ways of Seeing examines the world of European oil painting, revealing the deep social, political, and economic implications implicit in the opulent images that adorn the walls of our greatest museums and the home of the 0.001 percenters.

Finally, we bring this interview with John Berger at 85, aired on BBC’s Newsnight last 27 May — 39 years after Ways of seeing. We only hope we have half the vitality when we reach his age 19 years hence!